India Rivals Join to Publish a Daily

By

Santanu Choudhury

Updated Oct. 4, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW DELHI -- Two rival Indian media groups announced a joint venture to publish a daily newspaper for the capital city by December.

New-Delhi based HT Media Ltd., which publishes the English-language daily Hindustan Times, signed a preliminary agreement with the Mumbai-based Times of India Group, which has interests in newspapers, magazines,...